For example He was as fast as a rabbit Metaphor is a comparison of word with object that is not literally otherwise.

Example of metaphor and analogy. The grandfather clock is king of the family room furniture. Analogy is the literal contrast between two things. The grandfather clock became a death knell for her childhood.

However analogy compares two completely different things and look for similarities between two things or concepts and it only focuses on that angle. A submerged metaphor also known as an implicit. Metaphors and analogies are comparisons between unlike things that have some particular things in common.

Metaphors are commonly defined as figures of speech in which one thing is described in terms of another thing that is notably different. Metaphors used to make analogies. David is a devil.

Metaphors and analogies often begin with such phrases as Its just like Its the same as and Think of it as. Metaphors can also make a comparison without using being verbs or other comparison words. For example in the metaphor love is a rose the target term love refers to a human emotion whereas the source term rose refers to a flowering plant.

She compares hope to a bird and creates examples to make this image stronger. Uses metaphor and simile. Veins are highways for blood cells.

The literary devices like metaphors and similes draw an analogy. Here are some examples. Direct comparison for rhetorical effect.